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If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
Gabby called it "Congress on Your Corner" — just an updated version of government of and by and for the people.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
Heroism is here, all around us, in the hearts of so many of our fellow citizens, just waiting to be summoned — as it was on Saturday morning.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us — we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us. I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
Scripture tells us that there is evil in the world, and that terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding. In the words of Job, "when I looked for light, then came darkness." Bad things happen, and we must guard against simple explanations in the aftermath.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)
But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do — it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.
Tucson Memorial Address (2011)